260 Storer’s Observations on the Fishes of Nova Scotia 
even on the tooth itself. Bent close to the body, the ventrals 
do not quite reach the posterior extremity of the ossa innomi- 
nata. The pectorals are nearly half an inch long; their 
extremity reaching beyond the cuirassed part of the sides . 
of the body; they are composed of ten rays, which are 
undivided. 
“The lateral line follows the curve of the back, to which it 
is nearer than to the belly. 
Bolt 21%. A. R85 6155.15 VL 1, Bed 
~“ Color of specimen preserved in spirits as follows: a uni- 
form grayish brown on head, back, and posterior half of body. 
Abdomen yellowish. Neck, operculum, and naked space in 
front of the pectorals, silvery, minutely dotted with brown. 
Fins transparent.” 
Seen both at Bras d’Or and Red Bay, Labrador, in the 
sandy mouths of every little rivulet. Somewhat sluggish in 
its habits. 
. 7. Gast. Biacuneatus Mitchill? 
Quite plenty in the brooks emptying into the Gut of Canso, 
on the Nova Scotian side. It has elsewhere been noticed 
but in Massachusetts and New York. 
8. Scomper vernauis Mitchill. 
Although caught in such quantities in the Bay of Chaleur 
and among the Magdalen Islands, this fish seems rarely to 
visit the northern shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The 
past summer, however, (i. e. 1849,) they were so abundant 
at the Island of Little Mecatina, that had fishing vessels been 
at hand, large fares could easily have been obtained. As it 
was, they were not molested; the few settlers there neither 
knowing their worth, nor having fit lines or nets for taking 
them. It seldom if ever ventures into the Straits of Belle 
Isle, although, according to Richardson, it is said to be at 
times taken on the southern Newfoundland shores. 
